Journal file photoJersey City Medical Center, where a man in police custody escaped for an hour tonight before being apprehended.

The man who escaped police custody at the Jersey City Medical Center tonight by climbing into the ceiling space above a bathroom has been captured, JCMC officials and Kearny police said.

The man, 29-year-old Luis Torres of Newark, was brought to the hospital complaining of chest pain after he was arrested on a shoplifting charge in Kearny this afternoon, Kearny police said tonight. While at the hospital, Torres told cops he had to use the bathroom and then disappeared into the ceiling space at about 5 p.m.

Jersey City police and Hudson County Sheriff's officers responded and Torres was caught, still in the ceiling above the bathroom, by Jersey City police shortly after 6 p.m. Torres will face additional charges after his attempted escape, Kearny police said.

Jersey City Medical Center spokesman Mark Rabson said that the bathroom involved in the escape attempt is located in the rear of the Emergency Department and that some patients were moved from the area during the police search.

Torres was brought to Hudson County jail in Kearny tonight because after his arrest today police found that he was wanted on outstanding warrants, Kearny police said.